Hat-pin-point protector.



s PAPANEK. HAT PIN POINT PROTECTOR.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 6, 1911.

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p l Specification of LettersPatent. Patented Aug. 27, 1912. Application filed ANovember 6, 1911. SerialiNo. 358,764.-

- l To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, STnrAN PAPAivEK, a subject of the. King of Bohemia, residing at Chicago, in the-countyof Cook andv State of Illinois, havel invented certain new' andv useful AIniproveriients in `"Hat-ilfiii-Pointv Protectors, of which the following is a specification, reference being hai 'therein to the accompanying drawing. s f This invention relates to a hat pinpoint y protector and guard, and the objects of my Y invention are to provide a guard that can be easily andquickly inounte upon thepointy edv end of the pin preventingv pedestrians and other persons from being inpu'ed when contacting w1th.the"piii, andtoprovide a guard that serves asa lock for preventing accir'lental displacement of the pin relatively to a hat. V y y Further obgects of my invention are to pinvide a device of the above type that is susi'foptible tov 'any desired ornamentation', and to accomplish the above results'by a ymechanical construction that is simple, du- '2o rahie and highly etlicient torthe^purposes .lor which it is intended.

TW ith the above and other objects in view the invention resides in the novel construction, combination and arrangement or parte]A to he hereinafter specifically described and' Reference will now be had to the drawing, wherein?- v Figure 1 is a side elevation' of the hat pin point protector and lock. Fig. 2 is anenlarged vertical sectional view of the pro,- tectorin a locked position. Fig. 3 is a similar 'view of the protector in an unlocked position, and Fig. ltis anenlarged-perspec-` tive view of a'detached locking member.

A hat pin point protector and, guard in accordance with this invention comprises a head composed of two -convexo-conc-twe shells l and 2 having'V the edges thereof soldered or otherwise connected together.-

The -retiererice character 4t denotes a sleeve which is integral with the shell 2 and has the outer end closed through the medium of 'a' plate 3 provided with a central opening.

The sleeve et extends through and projects from the shell 1. An opening 5 is, provided in the shell' l for the passageot'the sleeve e..- The projecting end of thesleeve fl has its inner face interiorly threaded, as at@ and with the threads engaging a'cap 'i' formed with a central opening d, the wall betweerthe collar 1'6 and coiled spring 17. `-The tension ofthe spring v 'einer side ofthe" shell 2.' The resilient grip- 65 ping ariiisl'l are formed by cutting away the inner portion of the kstem 9V so as to y provide two oppositely disposedsemi-cylindrical gripping arms 11 thatV areflared, as

at, 12 to provide an entrance opening for the@ pointed end of a pin 13. 4The pointed end of. thej'pin'has a 'spear shaped. head 14: and the innersides of the 4armsl'l are provided .with shoulders 1`5'to engage theliead 14. L The stem 9 .hasV a collar 16 adjacent tothe 75 head 10r thereofv and' encircling said stein, the oapf? .is a

is suficient tofretain the protectorl or guard in a locked position, as shown in Fig. -2. '30

When in this locked position the collar 16 engages theinner: side of ,the shell 2=and the locking arms 11 are in engagement with the pointed endof the pin,v the shoulders 15 preventingv thelwithdi'awal of the head 35 14 'of the pin 13.

By pushing inwardly upon the head 10' the arms 11 are shifted through the opening 8 and allowed to^ spreadlapart and release the head 14;.. This movement of the stein 9o 9 places the spring 17 under tension and when the head1() is released theloclring device immediately assumes a locked posiv tion, as shown in Fig. 2.

The head 410is held in engagelneiitlvith Vthe shell 2, asshown in Fig. 3, when a pin is placed in en agement with the device, and then the hea 10 is released to allow the delvice to lock upon the pointed end of the pin.

A What lt. claim is The combination with a hat pin having the pointedend thereof provided with a spear-shaped head, a casing formed of a Y pair of oppositely disposed 'concavoconvex shells, each yof said shells having a centrally 10,5

disposed opening, a sleeve connected to the Wall of the opening of the outer shell and projecting through the opening' of the inner shell,

a plate mounted in the out-.er endof said sleeve V and. having a centrally disposed opening, an

apertureol cap detachably 'mounted in the' 'projecting endet said (sleeve, a shiftable v a l 1,037,043

pin, a coller` carried by the stem, a head carried by the stern and arranged exteriorly of said casing, and a spring surrounding the stem andinterposed between the collar and'said cap. 15 In testimonywhereof I aiix my signav.

ture in thepresenee of two Witnesses. I

STEFAN PAPANEKQ `Wimesses:l f Y I LAmsLAw SKODA, C. A. GILLEsPm. 

